Karen is a full-time nurse who writes poetry. She says that she is women who does normal things like wearing heels and tennis shoes. Although she is considerably conservative, she writes poetry and is learning to speak Spanish.
Her two story house is on a lake and has a back patio and a large porch on the southeast side of Atlanta. She drives a white SUV to her job a Piedmont Hospital.
Divorced, she once considered herself bisexual. Karen now considers herself a lesbian. Although she is known as a non-committal woman who dates a lot of women, she is currently in a relationship with Janet.